This has been my year of sweaters – I’ve finished 3 so far and have
yarn and patterns picked out for at least 5 more.  (My sock knitting has
seriously suffering during this obsession with sweaters – I have not
finished one pair yet this year!)  Now that it’s finally getting warmer
here in the Pacific Northwest, what’s a sweater knitter to do?  I still
want to make them but having a lap full of wool or alpaca doesn’t sound
appealing.

My IDP designers came through for me!

Brittany Tyler’s
recently released a second pattern with us (her first, the Embossed
Argyle Sweater Vest is one of my sweaters I already have yarn
picked out for)

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and I absolutly adore it.  And it’s in Simply
Cotton Worsted – perfect!

Her
April
Cardigan!  I really love the back detail

Working on the IDP program has been such a great experience.  I get
to work with all these fantastic designers – some I’ve been a fan of for
years, some I only just met & am excited to see more from – and
then best of all, I get to share them with all of you!  And we hit a
major milestone this week.

We have sold 50,000 patterns since December

!!!!

I couldn’t believe it when that number came up!  WOW!  I’m so happy
that this program has been as popular with all of you as it is for me
& the designers – remember, the designers keep 100% of all their
pattern sales.  We now have over 260 designers and just under 600
knitting and crochet patterns and it grows every week – I put up 10-20
patterns every week in the IDP catagory. In fact,  have you seen our new pattern catagory redesign?  Now it’s even easier to find your favorite IDP patterns!

Since I like lists (yes, I’m a nerd), how about our top sellers
overall?  These 5 patterns do have a little advantage as they went up
when we first started – but they do cover the wide range of patterns
available!